ошейник

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Russian

Pronunciation

Noun

оше́йник (ošéjnikm inan (genitive оше́йника, nominative plural оше́йники, genitive plural оше́йников)

  1. collar (e.g. on a dog or a cat)
    • 1925, Михаил Булгаков, chapter 1, in Собачье сердце; English translation from Avril Pyman, transl., Heart of a Dog, Moscow: Raduga Publishers, 1990:
      — А-га, — многозначительно молвил он, — ошейника нету, ну вот и прекрасно, тебя-то мне и надо. Ступай за мной. — Он пощёлкал пальцами. — Фить-фить!
      — A-ga, — mnogoznačitelʹno molvil on, — ošejnika netu, nu vot i prekrasno, tebja-to mne i nado. Stupaj za mnoj. — On poščólkal palʹcami. — Fitʹ-fitʹ!
      "Aha," he pronounced significantly. "No collar, splendid, just what I need. Come with me," he snapped his fingers. "Phew-phew!"

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